Essays about: "Antagonism and Hegemony"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 11 essays containing the words Antagonism and Hegemony.
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6. Accidental Citizens: Etherealizing Securitized Identities of Somalis in Kenya; Contesting Representation, Identity and Belonging
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : The Kenyan security apparatus has undergone immense transformations particularly after Kenya’s military incursion into Southern Somalia in 2011. The intervention dubbed ‘Operation Linda Nchi’ was an attempt to protect Kenya’s territorial sovereignty and create a buffer zone against the Somali linked Al-Shabab insurgency. READ MORE
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7. “Nobody’s free until everybody’s free”: Rethinking feminist politics in the 2014 Swedish election campaign
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och mediaAbstract : This study explores the hegemonic articulation of ‘feminist politics’ by the Swedish political party Feminist Initiative (Feministiskt initiativ) during 2014 national parliamentary election campaign. The analysis is carried out on two levels: the construction of the hegemonic project of feminist politics and the construction of an antagonist. READ MORE
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8. Occupy Wall Street as radical democracy : Democracy Now! reportage of the foundation of a contemporary direct-democracy movement
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för mediestudierAbstract : Democracy Now! is an independently syndicated hour long daily audio and video program that is broadcast on 1179 radio, television, and internet stations throughout the world, as well as being freely available on their website under a Creative-Commons License. They are a global news organization based in New York City, with the stated goal of providing “rarely heard” perspectives in their coverage. READ MORE
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9. Tolerance or truth? : The good, the bad and the political in the discourse of the American Family Association
University essay from Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This master’s thesis conducts a discourse analysis on a political organization within the New Christian Right (NCR), the American Family Association (AFA). The purpose of the study is to analyze the conditions of possibility for a politics that aims to prevent progress for LGBT rights and does so by analyzing the political terrain where operations of power produce particular and meaningful political practices. READ MORE
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10. Dissecting the “Root Cause” Approach - A Discourse Analysis Of The Long Term European Migration Policy
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This thesis uses a discourse analytical approach based on Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe to critically analyze long term migration policies. Hegemony and antagonism are used to show the development of the “Root cause discourse”. READ MORE